August 23, 2011

Wow, it has been a busy couple of weeks. My kids are now all officially in school and I'm trying to find some semblance of a routine for myself. Now that all of the back to school stuff is done, there's more free time and my schedule is starting to lighten up. That will definitely translate into more stamping time for me!

Although I haven't been posting on here the past few days, I have been busy stamping. Somehow I managed to sign up for three swaps that were all due within days of each other. I've been cranking out projects. Today I thought I'd show you the project I made for the wedding card swap.

The front of the invite is pretty simple. It's the same size as a standard card (5 1/2" x 4 1/4"). The only thing that you can't see in this photo is that I sprayed some shimmer spray all over the Very Vanilla cardstock.

I made the announcement part using My Digital Studio. This is my first MDS project and I was amazed at how easy it was to use.

I created a pocket on the left to hold the three different cards--registry, RSVP, and directions. I added two layers of cardstock to the front of the pocket and I used the same embossing folder and shimmer mist on the Very Vanilla layer so it would match the front of the invitation.

I think everything else is pretty self-explanatory. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks for stopping by!

July 29, 2011

As promised, I'm back to share with you the last three projects I made at a stamping event I attended while at convention.

The sentiment layer for this card was made using My Digital Studio. They already had it printed and cut out so I just had to layer it on the card. I roughed up the edges of the So Saffron cardstock behind the sentiment and then dragged the edges through an Early Espresso ink pad to give it more of a weathered look. I took a sanding block to the head of the vanilla brad to "weather" that as well.

The Chocolate Chip layer was run through the Big Shot using the Houndstooth Embossing Folder. Then I took a sanding block and rubbed it over the raised parts. Although Stampin' Up!'s cardstock is NOT white on the inside (it's dyed all the way through), it still made the raised images appear lighter in color.

I really liked these tins we made. Before you ask, I'm not sure where they purchased these from. One of the ladies said that they searched all over the web and couldn't find any more of these round tins with the clear windows.

This was a really quick and easy project to make. It's a simple belly band with several scalloped circles and circles layered on top of each other. The most difficult thing to do in this project (which wasn't that hard at all) was threading the ribbon through the button holes. Super easy to do and it would make a great tin to put some of our stamped cookies in.

Here's the last project we made. The Tempting Turquoise layer was run through the Big Shot using the Polka Dot embossing folder. The Tempting Turquoise and Daffodil Delight pinwheels were stamped directly on the Whisper White cardstock. For the striped pinwheel in the middle, I inked up the outline of the pinwheel in Basic Black ink, stamped it on the striped piece of DSP, and cut it out. I attached this pinwheel with a dimensional. All three of the pinwheels have one of the small silver brads in the middle.

That's all of the projects we made. I had a lot of fun stamping and the best parts were that I didn't have to design the projects and I didn't have to clean up! It can't get better than that. Thanks for stopping by!

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